Luc Besson Quotes
I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial.
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I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films.
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I cry at films and TV and even adverts.
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TV and films are same for me. I took a decision to be an actor, and I am an actor. I never decided to be TV actor or film actor.
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I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
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I love doing kids' films.
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All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.
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I've done a lot of sorts of films that are under the radar.
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Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.
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I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself.
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If people are looking forward to my films, then I am happy, and I must be doing something right.
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I prefer doing feature films.
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I am interested in classic building development, such as hotels and residential homes, rather than commercial properties.
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Basically, I love films where everything is great and life is good.
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My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I do!
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In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.
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I am constantly swimming on the margin, neither 100% American, French, nor Lebanese. I am none of those. I am the result of those three. Sometimes it's an asset: no one can put you in a category. That I do not make typical Lebanese, European or American films does not bother me.
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I have died in enough TV and films.
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When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
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The vast unfathomable sea Is but a Notion-unto me.
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The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
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I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.
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In order to trust God, we must always view our adverse circumstances through the eyes of faith, not of sense. And just as the faith of salvation comes through hearing the message of the gospel (Romans 10:17), so the faith to trust God in adversity comes through the Word of God alone. It is only in the Scriptures that we find an adequate view of God's relationship to and involvement in our painful circumstances. It is only from the Scriptures, applied to our hearts by the Holy Spirit, that we receive the grace to trust God in adversity.
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I always try to be a universalist, not a specialist.
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I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial.
